Sunday, February 15, 2015

Sumo Thumbs

Update 2/9 – 2/15

(All beach photo credited to Kelly!)

The saga of the daycare
continues... Percy had his friend Lucy to play with! He also shared his bookshelf
with a friend, and when he couldn't hang out on the bookshelf, Percy found a
new spot under the one of the beds.
Then, when that area got too crowded he weaseled his way onto the owners
chair, and when all else failed, he managed to get some snuggle time. When I picked up Percy, Tess admonished me
for not telling her that Percy was a climber.
I didn't know I had to mention that, I mean don't all pups jump their
way over fences and generally do whatever they want to?

On Wednesday I picked Diana up
for a day at the hospital. Diana, in
attempt to gain some much needed poundage, asked for some fries. When I got back with burger king fries and
whole foods fries, her burger arrived.
Then, her nutritionist stopped by.
Now, Diana was a little embarrassed, but the nutritionist was proud of
her. I tried to make Diana feel better
by reminding her that the nutritionist didn't even see the donuts from earlier,
and she had already finished the BK fries before the meeting. See? So helpful.
I also brought some games in an attempt to be entertaining, but it wasn't until
I brought out the Sumo Thumbs that the nurses started making comments about not
being used to so much giggling happening in the therapy room. Win! (I mean, even though I totally lost at
Sumo Thumbs.)

Me: We're going to hurt ourselves.

Diana: At least we're in the hospital!

There was this awful smell at
work, which forced security to come and open the emergency door, letting
sunshine and fresh air into the office for the very first time - basically the
best day at work, ever.

Friday, Zach and I finished the
second season of elementary! Actually, Zach wanted to go to a speed dating
event, but I thought that only really desperate people go to speed dating the
day before Valentine's Day, to which he said, "EXACTLY!"

And then Valentine's Day. First, my Valentine made me a card at
daycare.

And my Momela and Frita sent me
some fun jam jams.

And I got three Monday emails
done, while Percy slept on me and my Yorkie blanket (very meta). He fell asleep after I gave him some
steak. Adorable, yes, but I should have
poured myself more coffee before I settled in because I couldn't bring myself
to disturb him.

Then, Kelly, Hannah, Piper, Percy and I went to Discovery
Park for the first time.

Kelly: I let Piper use
my cell phone today. But I told her she can't get her own until she's 5.

While we were at the park, Percy ran lots and lots, until
he got cold and just wanted to be held.
Only, he was really muddy and gross, so I only held him sparingly. We kept seeing these little spurts of water that
were puzzling until this little girl came up to us and condescendingly told us
that that they were geoducks.

Kelly: Yeah, I ate one of those once. And they look as gross as they taste.

Kelly took some amazing pictures, and we in general
enjoyed the awesomeness of sunset, while applauding the couples who also
thought of having picnics at sunset.

After that, we decided to start
a little gathering of games and good people.
Nater and a couple of his friends joined, and so did Diana, Jason, and
Kayla, who had flown in from Hawaii to surprise Diana.

Me: So how are you feeling?

Diana: A little nauseous, so I
took a nap after we went to a party this afternoon.

Me: Right. So you went to two
parties.

Diana: Yeah, I mean I figure I might
as well go to two parties and pretend that I'm okay.

Me: Good for you! Way to bury those feelings!

And then today, I cleaned up a
bit around here, did laundry, went to Marymoor and generally chilled.